Letters : Due mention

From
J. Watson, University of Wales

Swansea

Following Garry J. Tee’s fascinating letter I have to point out that Julius
Lilienfeld’s 1925 development of a field-effect transistor structure did not
continue to be overlooked (Letters, 29 March, p 55).

In our book published in 1971, Field-effect Electronics
(Butterworth), William Gosling, W. G. Townsend and I detailed that development,
along with Lilienfeld’s highly significant later work and that of several other
investigators—complete with diagrams.